Decorative Object Connectable to a Connected Object

ABSTRACT

A decorative object connectable to a connected object includes a connecting member connected to the connected object, a stylish decorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a light emitting device installed in the stylish decorative member. Another end of the connecting member has a positioning portion, and the positioning portion includes a passage with an opening on both ends. The stylish decorative member has a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is used for connecting the connecting member. A corresponding internal side of the top surface of the stylish decorative member has a contact portion. The light emitting device has a power switch installed corresponding to the contact portion, such that when an external force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member, the contact portion is in contact with the power switch to turn on the power of the light emitting device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a decorative object connectable to aconnected object, and more particularly to a decorative object that canbe installed to and removed from a string type connected object.

2. Description of the Related Art

With reference to FIG. 9 for a light emitting decorative object 2connected onto a connected object 1 such as a shoe, a hat, a backpack,or a cloth for the decoration purpose, the light emitting decorativeobject 2 comprises a connecting member 3, a stylish decorative member 4and a light emitting device 5 installed in the stylish decorative member4, wherein the connecting member 3 includes a fixing end 6 and a stopend 7, and the connecting member 3 is connected with the stylishdecorative member 4 through its fixing end 6, and the stop end 7 isprovided for connecting a through hole 8 on the connected object 1. Thelight emitting device 5 includes a light emitting element 91, avibration sensor 92 and a battery 93 for supplying a power source. Whenthe vibration sensor 92 detects a vibration, the light emitting element91 will produce a light source.

However, the light emitting decorative object 2 with the aforementionedstructure does not comes with a power switch capable of controlling thebattery 93, so that after the light emitting decorative object 2 isassembled, the battery 93 will remain in an electrically connected stateand keep on consuming power, and the level of the battery power will below when consumers buy the product with the light emitting decorativeobject 2 after some time of transportation or sales. In the worstsituation, the battery power is exhausted, and the light emittingdecorative object 2 can no longer produce the light source.

Further, the stop end 7 is embedded into the through hole 8 for theconnection, and the connection is made at the connected object having anopening, but the application is limited to such arrangement, and thedecorative object 2 cannot be installed onto a string or strip typeconnected object.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is a primary objective to provide a decorative objectconnected to a connected object and a function of providing a long usingtime of a battery.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a decorativeobject connected to a connected object, having a passage of apositioning portion of a connecting member for facilitating theinstallation of the connected object onto a string or a strip, such thatthe stylish decorative member can be installed easily and securely ontoconnected object to achieve the decoration effect.

To achieve the foregoing objectives, the present invention provides adecorative object connected to a connected object, comprising: aconnecting member connected to the connected object, a stylishdecorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a lightemitting device installed in the stylish decorative member.

The connecting member has a fixing portion disposed at an end of theconnecting member, and a positioning portion disposed at another endopposite to the fixing portion, and the connecting member is coupled tothe connected object by the positioning portion, and the positioningportion has a passage radially penetrated through the fixing portion,and the passage forms an opening disposed separately on both sides ofthe positioning portion.

The stylish decorative member comes with a three-dimensional form, and aclosed space disposed in the stylish decorative member, and the stylishdecorative member includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and thebottom surface is connected to a fixing portion of the connectingmember, and the stylish decorative member has a contact portion disposedon a relative internal side of the top surface.

The light emitting device has at least one battery for supplyingelectric power, and the light emitting device includes a light emittingelement and a power switch, and the power switch is installedcorresponding to the contact portion, such that when an external forceis exerted onto the stylish decorative member, the contact portion is incontact with the power switch to turn on the power of the light emittingdevice.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a using status showing that a force isexerted onto the stylish decorative member to contact the contactportion with the power switch in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of installing a decorative object onto a shoelace in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is schematic view of a structure with a decorative objectinstalled onto a shoe lace in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a second preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a using status in accordance with a secondpreferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of fixing a decorative object onto a shoelace in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a conventional light emitting decorativeobject.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for the description of preferredembodiments of the present invention, these embodiments are provided forthe purpose of illustrating the invention only, but not intended tolimit the scope of the invention.

A decorative object connected to a connected object in accordance with apreferred embodiment comprises a connecting member 11 connected to theconnected object, a stylish decorative member 21 connected to an end ofthe connecting member 11 and a light emitting device 31 installed in thestylish decorative member 21.

The connecting member 11 has a fixing portion 12 at an end of theconnecting member 11, and the connecting member 11 has a positioningportion 13 at another end of the corresponding fixing portion 12. Thepositioning portion 13 has a passage 14 penetrating radially through thefixing portion 12, and an opening 141, 142 is formed separately on bothends of the passage 14 of the positioning portion 13. In thisembodiment, a circular wall 15 is extended upward from the periphery ofthe fixing portion 12 of the connecting member 11, and provided forforming a groove 16 in the wall 15, and the groove 16 is provided forinstalling the light emitting device 31, and the positioning portion 13is extended radially along the fixing portion 12 to form a tubular body,and the passage 14 is axially penetrated through the positioning portion13.

The stylish decorative member 21 is made of a soft material and in a 3Dtransparent form, and the stylish decorative member 21 includes a closedspace 24 therein, a top surface 26 and a bottom surface 22, and thebottom surface 22 has an opening 23 for embedding the fixing portion 12of the connecting member 11 on the wall 15 into the stylish decorativemember 21 from the opening 23, such that the stylish decorative member21 is coupled to the fixing portion 12 of the connecting member 11, anda contact portion 25 is substantially protruded downward and disposed onthe top surface 26 of the stylish decorative member 21 and correspondingto an internal sidewall.

The light emitting device 31 is installed in a groove 16 of theconnecting member 11, such that when the connecting member 11 and thestylish decorative member 21 are connected, the light emitting device 31can be situated in the stylish decorative member 21, and the lightemitting device 31 has at least one battery 32 for supplying electricpower, and the light emitting device 31 comprises a circuit controlboard 33, a vibration sensor 34, a light emitting element 35 and a powerswitch 36, and the circuit control board 33 has a top surface 331 and abottom surface 332, and the light emitting element 35 and the powerswitch 36 are installed on the top surface 331 of the circuit controlboard 33, and the power switch 36 is installed corresponding to thecontact portion 25 of the stylish decorative member 21, and the lightemitting element 35 is controlled by the vibration sensor 34 to producea light source, and the battery 32 is installed at the bottom surface332 of the circuit control board 33 and disposed at the bottom of thegroove 16, wherein the light emitting element 35 is a light emittingdiode in this preferred embodiment.

With reference to FIG. 3, when a user wants to turn on or off the powerof the light emitting device 31, it is necessary to apply an externalforce to a top surface 26 of the stylish decorative member 21 only, inorder to force the contact portion 25 in the stylish decorative member21 in contact with the power switch 36 to turn on or off the power ofthe light emitting device 31. If the power of the light emitting device31 is turned on, the vibration sensor 34 can detect a vibration tocontrol the light emitting element 35 to blink. Since the light emittingelement 35 of the light emitting device 31 is installed in the stylishdecorative member 21 and the stylish decorative member 21 istransparent, therefore the light source produced by the light emittingelement 35 is transmitted through the light emitting device 31, suchthat the decorative object provides a decoration effect, a warning lightfor nighttime, and give more fun and practical use.

With the design of the power switch 36 and the contact portion 25 of theinvention, the battery 32 is selectively connected and disconnected, sothat the power of the light emitting device 31 can be turned off duringthe transportation or selling process to extend the using life of thebattery 32 effectively.

During use, the decorative object is connected onto a connected objectby using the connecting member 11 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. In thisembodiment, the connected object is a shoe lace 42 of a shoe. When theshoe lace 42 is passed, the shoe lace 42 is passed into the passage 14through the opening 141 at an end of the positioning portion 13 of theconnecting member 11, and then passed out of the opening 142 at anotherend of the passage 14, and finally connected onto the shoe 41, such thatthe connecting member 11 is coupled to the shoe lace 42, and the stylishdecorative member 21 is disposed at an external side of the shoe lace 42of the shoe 41 for improving the decoration effect of the shoe 41.

If it is necessary to remove or change the decorative object of the shoe41, a user simply separate the shoe lace 42 from the passage 14 of thepositioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11 in order to removethe decorative object or change the decorative object to anotherdecorative object with a different shaped stylish decorative member 21.

With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 for a second preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, the second preferred embodiment is characterized inthat:

The positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11 has a dent 143disposed radially along the passage 14, and extended to an opening 141,142 on both ends of the positioning portion 13. In this embodiment, thedent 143 is disposed away from the axis of the passage 14, such that theshoe lace 42 or other string or strip type connected object can bestuffed into the passage 14 from the dent 143, and the connecting member11 can be installed onto or removed from the connected object easily andquickly.

Since the dent 143 is disposed away from the axis of the passage 14,therefore the decorative object will not fall off easily due toup-and-down vibrations or back-and-forth movement in a walk or anactivity, but it can fix the decorative object on the shoe lace 42securely.

If the string or strip type connected object cannot be removed as shownin FIG. 8, wherein the connected object is a fixing string 52 on abackpack 51, and the fixing string 52 is fixed on the backpack 51, thedent 143 of the passage 14 fixed onto the fixing string 52 expose thestylish decorative member 21 from the exterior of the backpack 51 toimprove the decoration effect. In the meantime, if it is necessary toremove or change the decorative object on the connected object, a usersimply separate the positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11from the fixing string 52 by using the dent 143 in order to remove thedecorative object or change the decoration object to a decorative objectwith a different shaped stylish decorative member 21.

In summation of the description above, the structure of the positioningportion of the invention can couple the decorative object to a string orstrip type connected object to provide a very flexible changeability,and the design of the light emitting device not only provides more funto the decoration and a warning lamp for nighttime, but also allowsusers to selectively connect and disconnect the battery to extend theusing life of the battery effectively.

1. A decorative object connectable to a connected object, comprising aconnecting member connected to the connected object, a stylishdecorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a lightemitting device installed in the stylish decorative member, wherein: anend of the connecting member has a fixing portion, and a positioningportion disposed at another end opposite to the fixing portion, and theconnecting member is connected to the connected object by thepositioning portion, and the positioning portion has a passagepenetrated axially along the fixing portion, and the passage form anopening disposed separately on both sides of the positioning portion;the stylish decorative member is in a three-dimensional form, andincludes a closed space disposed in the stylish decorative member, a topsurface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is coupled to afixing portion of the connecting member, and the top surface of thestylish decorative member has a contact portion disposed on acorresponding internal side; the light emitting device has at least onebattery for supplying a power source, and the light emitting deviceincludes a light emitting element and a power switch, and the powerswitch is installed corresponding to the contact portion, such that whenan external force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member, thecontact portion is in contact with the power switch to turn on or offthe power of the light emitting device.
 2. The decorative objectconnected to a connected object of claim 1, wherein the contact portionis extended towards the power switch to form a protruded shape.
 3. Thedecorative object connected to a connected object of claim 1, furthercomprising a wall extended upward from the periphery of the fixingportion of the connecting member, and provided for forming a groove inthe wall, and the groove being provided for installing the lightemitting device, and the stylish decorative member having an openingprovided for embedding the wall of the fixing portion of the connectingmember into the stylish decorative member through the opening, andsituating the light emitting element of light emitting device in thestylish decorative member.
 4. The decorative object connected to aconnected object of claim 3, wherein the light emitting device installedin the groove of the fixing portion of the connecting member furtherincludes a circuit control board, and the light emitting element of thelight emitting device is installed on the circuit control board, and thecircuit control board further includes a vibration sensor, forcontrolling the light emitting device to produce a light source.
 5. Thedecorative object connected to a connected object of claim 1, whereinthe passage includes a dent disposed radially along the passage, andextended to the openings on both ends of the passage.
 6. The decorativeobject connected to a connected object of claim 5, wherein the dent isdisposed away from the axis of the passage.